Toad the Wet Sprocket
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Criminally underrated.
Fall Down and Something’s Always Wrong are perfect songs.
Fall Down and Something’s Always Wrong are perfect songs.
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"All I Want" and "Walk on the Ocean", too. All great.SterileEyes1 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:53 pm Fall Down and Something’s Always Wrong are perfect songs.

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They also have a little person for their drummer.
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I like them quite a bit.
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Hell yes... dmbrocker and me are going to see Toad The Wet Sprocket, my 38th most-played band of all-time according to LastFM!dmbrocker wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:12 pm"All I Want" and "Walk on the Ocean", too. All great.SterileEyes1 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:53 pm Fall Down and Something’s Always Wrong are perfect songs.
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Great band!
Not great band stupidASS Weezer
Not great band stupidASS Weezer
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Randy is no longer in the band!
One of my all-time favorite bands, probably top 3. And they aren’t 3!!
So many good songs and albums! Coil is their masterpiece in my opinion!!
Their lead singer Glen Phillips also has a lot of great solo albums!!
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Big show in Tulare CA
Hmm just outside my circle of LA-SD-Vegas maybe
Hmm just outside my circle of LA-SD-Vegas maybe
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Then what the hell are u doin' on this site??BulletProofPoet wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 8:24 pm
One of my all-time favorite bands, probably top 3. And they aren’t 3!!
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Good band.
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"Walk on the Ocean" is a great song. Too bad the midget drummer is gone.
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“Listen” is a good tune
“All I want” always struck me how loud the harmony vocal was
“All I want” always struck me how loud the harmony vocal was
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I listen to lots of different types of music! Metal was my first love but had to adapt and keep evolving when Metal went the way of the dinosaur. Listen to a lot on non-Nashville country now.REO Cokewagon wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 10:28 pmThen what the hell are u doin' on this site??BulletProofPoet wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 8:24 pm
One of my all-time favorite bands, probably top 3. And they aren’t 3!!
You probably would be surprised that Candy/Electric Angels/The Loveless ( they are basically all the same band to me) are probably my first!
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Yup. Great songs. Takes me back to middle school. Some of the deeper cuts are good too. They were good song writers. Plus they are named after a Monty python sketch. Bonus points for that!dmbrocker wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 4:12 pm"All I Want" and "Walk on the Ocean", too. All great.SterileEyes1 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:53 pm Fall Down and Something’s Always Wrong are perfect songs.
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They have pretty much a full setlist worth of '90s alternative rock hits, a few that crossed over the mainstream rock and pop. I saw them kin a concert in the mid '00s with Big Head Todd and someone else. Also think I saw their lead singer doing a solo slot opening for someone around 2010.
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If you have nothing better to do.
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Oh no, not at all. They should be among everyone's favorites!BulletProofPoet wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 9:10 am
You probably would be surprised that Candy/Electric Angels/The Loveless ( they are basically all the same band to me) are probably my first!
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Saw them at the Music Farm in Charleston. I had a spot at the bar and perfect view of the stage. Some guy was behind me. Kept giving me $5 bills to buy him a Bud Light. 5-6 times. He finally bought me a beer and a shot before he joined Toad onstage. No one even noticed Darius Rucker until then.
Good band. I had 2-3 CD’s I think.
Good band. I had 2-3 CD’s I think.
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They don’t and they never did. He had the brittle bone disease and some other disorders (one leg longer than the other, generally small physique, extra large deformed noggin) but he didn’t have dwarfism. And he left the band ten years ago. They’ve had a couple other guys tour and record with them since then.
Love this band, and their solo works. Here’s one of their most recent songs:
https://youtu.be/I_9aoHBEeFk?si=ITWE5bjIHUz0vOrX

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One of my favorite bands ever, since the day I heard their album Pale for the first time as a freshman in college. I have seen them probably 20 times in concert, and their lead singer Glen a handful of other times. They don't have a bad album. In fact, their reunion album New Constellation that came out in 2013 might be their best album.
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I went through a TTWS period back in the ‘90s and they had some good tunes. I saw them live back then and it was pretty bland as expected. Doesn’t do much for me now.
I also loved Counting Crows first album when it came out. I went to see them live and learned the hard way what a “jam” band was. I’m not kidding when I say I literally didn’t know what the fuck any song was until the vocals came in and then he sang 100% different melodies from the album and everything SUCKED. I left halfway through the show and never looked back. That ridiculous version of “Round Here” from some festival many years ago is a great example of how a band totally ruins their own songs live by destroying every single thing you liked about them in the first place.
I also loved Counting Crows first album when it came out. I went to see them live and learned the hard way what a “jam” band was. I’m not kidding when I say I literally didn’t know what the fuck any song was until the vocals came in and then he sang 100% different melodies from the album and everything SUCKED. I left halfway through the show and never looked back. That ridiculous version of “Round Here” from some festival many years ago is a great example of how a band totally ruins their own songs live by destroying every single thing you liked about them in the first place.
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Saw them in the mid-90s around the time of Dulcinea. I thought that album had some good singles, but it was more commercial-leaning than I wanted. Their first couple of albums were pop/rock but with a bit of a prog touch (but with short songs). It was interesting stuff. The third album might be their best and then they got a little less complicated and less interesting. The show wasn't super-exciting, and I think they always worked better as a listening thing than a live thing.
The singer was a very strong singer in the "plaintive" style, a bit like early Don Dokken. I thought I might like his solo material, but the songs just weren't quite there.
This one was very good, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At6go5vxwkQ
The singer was a very strong singer in the "plaintive" style, a bit like early Don Dokken. I thought I might like his solo material, but the songs just weren't quite there.
This one was very good, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At6go5vxwkQ
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their name was a turn off for me but I am now going down the rabbit hole and deep diving. Yes, I missed it with them due to the name... New fan here. Thanks to everyone and this thread.
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I could never get past their horrible band name. It might be the stupidest one of all time.
To me it's a red flag that everything else they do will be just as bad of a decision.
To me it's a red flag that everything else they do will be just as bad of a decision.
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Pale was also the album that got me into them! And you are right that New Constellation very well might be their best album!!uwec95 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 27, 2025 5:09 pm One of my favorite bands ever, since the day I heard their album Pale for the first time as a freshman in college. I have seen them probably 20 times in concert, and their lead singer Glen a handful of other times. They don't have a bad album. In fact, their reunion album New Constellation that came out in 2013 might be their best album.
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Never did a super deep dive into these guys but "Fall Down" and "Come Down" are both catchy as hell.
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